Born
Jan. 4, 1914, near Clover Bottom, he was the son of the late Jacob L. and
Louvena Sewell Range. He, along with former Gov. A.B. “Happy” Chandler and
two others, formed Bluegrass Broadcasting Corp. in 1947, which operated radio
station WVLK from a studio in the Logan-Helm Woodford County Library, a station
Range designed and built.

He
was mayor of Versailles for four consecutive terms from 1950 to 1966. He was
also instrumental in bringing new industries to Woodford County, among them
Metals & Controls, Sylvania, International Paper, and Rand McNally. He
founded his own company, Range Realty, which developed several subdivisions.

He
received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky and
taught physics there in 1944 and 1945, while still a student. He started a
storefront business repairing watches and jewelry, and later started Range
Appliance Store after buying the building.

During
World War II, he taught radio and radar theory to military students at Lafayette
Vocational School in Lexington, and wrote a book, Radio Fundamentals for
Students, which was used nationwide by the armed forces. He also developed a
square-wave oscillator, which is used in radar and sonar systems.

After
the war, he was a partner in a Packard dealership, and with his brother-in-law,
the late Samuel Blackburn, began Range & Blackard Jewelers. He boarded and
raised horses on his Gleneagles Farm, and was inducted into the Woodford County
Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Fame in 1989.According to his son John Owen
Range, Mr. Range passed at the persuasion of his wife on two opportunities: an
offer to buy a horse for $5,000, a horse later known as John Henry; and a
sizable interest in Kentucky Fried Chicken for $10,000.

Born
in Chicago, Ill., he was the son of the late Anthony L. and Stella Tasal Basile
Sr. He retired in 1983 after 20 years as a thoroughbred horse trainer for
Bwamazon Farm, Clark County, for whom he took three horses to the Kentucky Derby
-- T.V. Commercial in 1968, Get The Axe in 1977, and Tekevision Studio in 1981.
He trained many stakes winners, and was the leading trainer at the Keeneland
meets in 1974 and 1979. After his retirement, he operated a public stable until
1998. He was Catholic, a member of the Horseman’s Benevolent Protective
Association, a former member of the Thoroughbred Club of America, and he served
with the U.S. Navy during World War II as an aviation storekeeper.

Born
in Fayette County June 6, 1917, she was the daughter of Samuel and Emma Kinaird
Honshul.

She
is survived by a daughter, Wanda Devers, Midway; four sons, Gene and James
Masters, Midway, Billy Parker, Texas, and Donald Parker, Lexington; 15
grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. A son, Johnny Parker, is deceased.